“Then I discovered that being related is no guarantee of love!”

“When she came to her senses again she cut off all contact with him. It had not been easy, but she had steeled herself. The last time she saw him she was standing on a platform in the tunnelbana at ...”

“Ive had many enemies over the years. If theres one thing Ive learned, its never engage in a fight youre sure to lose. On the other hand, never let anyone who has insulted you get away with it. Bide...”

“Kalle Fucking Blomkvist”

“Friendship- my definition- is built on two things. Respect and trust. Both elements have to be there. And it has to be mutual. You can have respect for someone, but if you don't have trust, the fri...”

“She was afraid that it was a moral issue, and that was one of his weaknesses. He was Salanders friend. She knew her brother. She knew that he was loyal to the point of foolhardiness once he had mad...”

“Lovers alone wear sunlight.”

“Do I love you? My God, if your love were a grain of sand, mine would be a universe of beaches.”

“Every atom of your flesh is as dear to me as my own: in pain and sickness it would still be dear.”

“Maybe...you'll fall in love with me all over again.""Hell," I said, "I love you enough now. What do you want to do? Ruin me?""Yes. I want to ruin you.""Good," I said. "That's what I want too.”

“If you stay, I'll do whatever you want. I'll quit the band, go with you to New York. But if you need me to go away, I'll do that, too. I was talking to Liz and she said maybe coming back to your ol...”

“The world was collapsing, and the only thing that really mattered to me was that she was alive.”

“Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that youve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you sa...”

“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.”

“I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there i...”